Analysis of grinding actions of ball mills by discrete element method
Conference
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OSTI ID:276696
Application of the discrete element method incorporating the simple kinetic model of the ball-to-ball and ball-to-wall interactions enables one to visualize the details of the grinding actions prevailing in the ball mills. The authors have developed a computer program to represent a generic mill model with which they can simulate tumbling mills, vibration mills, centrifugal mills and planetary mills. While the program can be used for various purposes including design of new equipment, one obvious application of it is the analysis of the conventional tumbling ball mills for better understanding and improvement. The purpose of this paper is to present a model and to observe its behavior with particular attention paid to the spatial distribution of the energy dissipation as well as the energy spectrum and their dependence on the major parameters such as mill speed, ball filling, liner configuration, slurry viscosity and the hardness of the ore.
- OSTI ID:
- 276696
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9510120--; ISBN 0-87335-139-8
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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